Through The Lens

Diving Taveuni and the Rainbow Reef

Unlike driving a car or flying a plane, there’s no age limit associated with SCUBA diving. Max had been wanting to join me on a […]

The Garden Island

Twenty years ago when Lisa and I got engaged we decided to get married on neutral ground somewhere between Adelaide and San Francisco. So we […]

Adelaide

Last year we received news of the St Mark’s centenary gala dinner to be held on March 15, 2025. Given Lisa and I met at […]

Spring Weather at Bull Pine

A magic evening of spring weather watching the sun set and cooking dinner over an open fire up at Bull Pine with the Munselles. Views […]

President’s Day at Powder Haus

Another atmospheric river blessed us in the days before President’s Day long weekend, and unlike the warm temps that came with the atmospheric rivers a […]

Our Last Valentine’s Dance!

Lisa and I realized last night that this is our last Alexander Valley School Valentine’s Dance. It’s flying by too fast! Wild Man and the […]

Atmospheric Rivers X 3

Since the storm we had on January 3 during our stay at Powder Haus for Christmas the Sierras (and Northern California in general) hadn’t seen […]

Alexander Valley School Christmas 2024

Truly the end of an era: our last year with a child performing in the AVS Christmas performance. But all the teachers told us last […]

South Burma

Chasing the boy down his favorite Sonoma County descent in Annadel…

New Lambs

Meeting this year’s batch of 4H lambs out in Graton this morning

‘Tis the Season!

We welcomed the Christmas season with tree decorating and an afternoon in San Francisco. First time any of us had ever skated on the Christmas […]

Powder Days in November?!

The rain last week in Sonoma County was incredible: flooded rivers, emergency school closures, canceled sports games… But it was a cold bomb cyclone that […]

First Snow

Making the most of the first snow of the season

Happy Halloween!

We started off this year’s Halloween week with a gracious invite next door to Sandi and Jim’s for a Halloween carving and pizza party, no […]

Red Bull Skyline

An afternoon at Twin Peaks with the boys watching the Red Bull Skyline skate comp

Alden Vineyard Check

A cracking morning to be out checking vineyards with La Patrona!

Immanuel Boys in the Bay Area

Almost a year ago Rebecca Brown started quizzing me about summer camps on the east coast given her baby boy Max – who at 18 […]

The Last Weekend of Summer

With the Immanuel College boys visiting over Labor Day long weekend, the kids and I took them up to the Sierras for a dose of […]